Beaten body was found on floor

A witness has agreed that a murder accused told her “it was not him who did that to” the deceased, whose badly beaten body she saw lying on a kitchen floor.

Liam Power, aged 52, of no fixed abode, is charged with murdering Gints Intembergs, aged 41, at Graigowen, Tullow, Co Carlow, between September 15 and 16, 2014.

When arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Power pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. This plea was not accepted by the State and a jury was sworn in to try him and his co-accused. Mr Power also pleaded not guilty to assaulting Aigar Sildars, causing him harm at the same address and on the same dates.